Rapid diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis by ELISPOT assay

Yoshihiro Kobashi From the Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]

Masaaki Abe From the Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Japan

Keiji Mouri From the Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Japan

Yasushi Obase From the Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Japan

Naoyuki Miyashita From the Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Japan

Mikio Oka From the Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, Japan

Abstract

We describe a case in which the rapid diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis was made using the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)-specific enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay on pericardial effusion mononuclear cells (PEMCs). The analysis of MTB-specific T-cells in PEMCs by ELISPOT may be useful for rapid decision-making in anti-tuberculous treatment.

Declaration of interest: There are no conflicts of interest related to this manuscript.

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